Wednesday, April 9th. Day 99 of 2025
It’s Unicorn Day. If you see one, call me. On second thought, don’t call me
It’s Mature Women’s Day. At what age do women become mature ?
1682: Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it for France and names it Louisiana
1865: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the Civil War
1945: National Football League officials decreed that it was mandatory for football players to wear socks in all league games. Why would you decide to not wear them ?
1959: NASA announces the selection of the United States’ first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the “Mercury Seven”
1967: The Boeing 737 makes its maiden flight
1991: Georgia declares independence from the Soviet Union
2020: The Federal Government reported that 6.6 million Americans had sought unemployment benefits in the previous week due to the COVID-19 pandemic
In the News: Conover man gets prison time for two-county chase that ended in Taylorsville last November…Stony Point man gets 90-day jail sentence in Iredell County…Hiddenite man awaiting trial taken into custody again…Alexander County Commissioner approve rezoning requests
Weather: Chilly start. Sunny and 60 today. March was the windiest month ever https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/04/01/weather-wind-march-was-windiest-month-on-record-for-many/8261743530069/
Sports: AC Soccer blanks South Caldwell…Top Ranked Lady Cougar Softball wallops Watauga…Baseball fall on the road…Braves win, that’s two so far…Canes fall for third straight game…Final tune-ups for Masters that tees-off Thursday…Mel Kiper releases his latest Mock Draft
Happy Birthday: Michael Learned, Peter Gammons, Dennis Quaid, Joe Scarborough, Cynthia Nixon, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Leighton Meester, Kristen Stewart
Look for a “Micro Moon” this weekend https://apnews.com/article/how-to-see-micromoon-2e43ae6deb0fae73f3f93b3b67dbd271
Word of the Day: esoteric [ es-uh-ter-ik ] understood by or meant for only the select few. Private or belonging to the select few, confdential. From Greek meaning inner. “ The group shared the esoteric understanding of how to apply the plan”
Quote of the Day: “Playboy’ was not a sex magazine as far as I was concerned. Sex was simply part of the total package; I was trying to bring sex into the fold of a healthy lifestyle.”… Hugh Hefner (Born this day in 1926)